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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did the hiring partner gig at a national law firm for several years. For the first cut of interviews, I always looked for top quality academic accomplishments (not necessarily the best school, but always a high level of achievement) and, almost as important, a meaningful tie to the area. If the tie to the area included a connection to a well-respected institution, then all the better. The goal was to find talent and a reason to commit to the community for a long term. Hiring a young lawyer who is only going to be around for 2-3 years is a bad investment. Having an STA pedigree does mean something in this town. Could it be polarizing to some? Absolutely. Still, if I was a younger (under 30) STA/NCS/Sidwell grad, then I would list the school on my resume when applying for work in the DMV. The badge may not help in some places, but I expect it will open more doors than it will close. For those that are prone to judge/reject applicants based upon inclusion of that information, I suspect you are harboring some insecurities that are negatively impacting your job function. Many of the kids that are turned out by STA/NCS/Sidwell are very accomplished and comfortable as high achievers in the DC scene. Why would you exclude them from the hiring process based upon a presumption that inclusion of their high school information makes them a hiring risk? Makes no sense to me. [/quote]

Do you check if the kid indeed graduated from these HS?  If yes, how?  Calling the schools?

Just want to know.....

Because unless you check, not sure the info is worth a dime.[/quote]

Different poster.  At least when I was at a DC firm and somebody came in who had gone to one of the well-known private school, there was almost always at least one partner who had kid(s) at the school at the same time as the applicant.  And so many people had kids at those schools it would have been easy to check.

Interestingly, from what I've seen the "current crop" of partners in their 30s, 40s, and early 50s mostly do NOT live in the District because of the high housing costs when they were associates.  So lots of their kids go or went to MoCo or FFX County public schools.  So, I'm not sure that down the road having the private school on the resume will give the same boost in the DC BigLaw hiring process.  But it was a real boost in the 90s and first decade of the 2000s from my observation.[/quote]

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